DNA
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the hereditary molecule in almost all living organisms, encoding genetic instructions that guide development, function, and reproduction.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DNA canonical | 5 |
| DNA. | 2 |
| B-form DNA | 1 |
| DNA B-form | 1 |
| DNA Z-form | 1 |
| DNA is the genetic material | 1 |
| DNA sequencing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2641269 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DNA Context triple: [The Language of Life, discusses, DNA]
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A.
DNA
DNA is a major social-democratic political party in Norway, historically one of the country’s dominant governing parties.
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B.
DNA Learning Center
The DNA Learning Center is an educational facility of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory dedicated to teaching genetics and biotechnology to students and the public through hands-on laboratory experiences and outreach programs.
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C.
DNA Films
DNA Films is a British film production company known for producing notable movies such as "28 Days Later" and other critically acclaimed features.
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D.
DNA ligase
DNA ligase is an essential enzyme that joins breaks in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA, enabling processes such as DNA replication and genetic recombination.
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E.
The Language of Life
The Language of Life is a popular science book by geneticist Francis Collins that explains how advances in genomics are transforming medicine and personal health.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DNA Target entity description: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the hereditary molecule in almost all living organisms, encoding genetic instructions that guide development, function, and reproduction.
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A.
DNA
DNA is a major social-democratic political party in Norway, historically one of the country’s dominant governing parties.
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B.
DNA Learning Center
The DNA Learning Center is an educational facility of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory dedicated to teaching genetics and biotechnology to students and the public through hands-on laboratory experiences and outreach programs.
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C.
DNA Films
DNA Films is a British film production company known for producing notable movies such as "28 Days Later" and other critically acclaimed features.
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D.
DNA ligase
DNA ligase is an essential enzyme that joins breaks in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA, enabling processes such as DNA replication and genetic recombination.
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E.
The Language of Life
The Language of Life is a popular science book by geneticist Francis Collins that explains how advances in genomics are transforming medicine and personal health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biomolecule
ⓘ
genetic material ⓘ nucleic acid ⓘ |
| basePairsWith |
adenine-thymine
ⓘ
cytosine-guanine ⓘ |
| carries | genetic information ⓘ |
| composedOf |
deoxyribose sugar
ⓘ
nitrogenous bases ⓘ nucleotides ⓘ phosphate group ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Friedrich Miescher ⓘ |
| encodes |
genes
ⓘ
proteins ⓘ |
| essentialFor |
cell division
ⓘ
evolution ⓘ heredity ⓘ organism development ⓘ |
| foundIn |
eukaryotic cells
ⓘ
many viruses ⓘ prokaryotic cells ⓘ |
| fullName | deoxyribonucleic acid ⓘ |
| hasBackbone | sugar-phosphate backbone ⓘ |
| hasBondType |
hydrogen bonds between base pairs
ⓘ
phosphodiester bonds in backbone ⓘ |
| hasNitrogenousBase |
adenine
ⓘ
cytosine ⓘ guanine ⓘ thymine ⓘ |
| hasStructure | double helix ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
cell nucleus
ⓘ
chloroplasts ⓘ mitochondria ⓘ |
| organizedInto |
genes
ⓘ
noncoding regions ⓘ |
| replicatesDuring | cell cycle S phase ⓘ |
| replicationIs | semiconservative ⓘ |
| storedAs | chromosomes ⓘ |
| structureElucidatedBy |
Francis Crick
ⓘ
James Watson ⓘ Maurice Wilkins ⓘ Rosalind Franklin ⓘ |
| undergoes |
replication
ⓘ
transcription ⓘ |
| usedIn |
forensic identification
ⓘ
genetic engineering ⓘ molecular diagnostics ⓘ paternity testing ⓘ |
| yearDiscovered | 1869 ⓘ |
| yearStructureProposed | 1953 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: DNA Description of subject: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the hereditary molecule in almost all living organisms, encoding genetic instructions that guide development, function, and reproduction.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Double Helix (scientific contribution, not the book author)
linked to: DNA
linked to: DNA
linked to: DNA
linked to: DNA
linked to: DNA